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USS William T. Powell (DE 213)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - X - V - U
Awards, Citations and Campaign RibbonsPrecedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

09 January 1949: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 4.8 years of service

28 November 1950: Recommissioned, resumed NRT duties at Philadelphia

01 December 1954: Reclassified back to DE 213

17 January 1958: Decommissioned at Philadelphia, Pa. after 7.2 years of service

01 November 1965: Struck from the NVR with 12.0 total years of service

03 October 1966: Sold for scrapping to the North American Smelting Co., Wilmington, Del.

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USS William T. Powell (DE 213) - a fine speed shot at 24 knots. The hull gave a greater impression of speed than the RN frigate types; note the smaller breadth on the forecastle, but still the most effective use of space. The H/F D/F mast is raked, and has a tripod support. [U.S. Navy photo from the book "Allied Escort Ships of World War II (A Complete Survey)" by Peter Elliott]

Edib Krlicbegovic,Bosnia - Hercegovina

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undated wartime image

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undated wartime image

Robert Hurst

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undated late wartime image (Doug's Dad, Edward T. O'Rourke, served in Powell from 1945 to 1948)

Douglas O'Rourke

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undated late wartime image

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9 July 1944: the Atlantic Ocean - William T. Powell photographed by a Weeksville, N.C. based blimp belonging to squadron ZP-24 at 1605 local time. She was aproximately 100 miles east of the mouth of Delaware Bay at a very low altitude of 130 feet. (U.S. Navy photos #CP-DE-213 80-G-239228 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.; courtesy of Chris Wright)

Ed Zajkowski

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October 1945: Houston, Tex. - USS William T. Powell (DE 213) after conversion to a radar picket ship. She was the first DE converted to a DER. Five inch mountings, and eight 40 mm Bofors aft, have been added. The new, heavy after tripod mast, and the many new aerials, transform the appearance of this ship, though later DERs had comprehensive changes to the superstructure. (Photos and text taken from "American Destroyer Escorts of World War 2" by Peter Elliott)

Robert Hurst

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circa 1952: William T. Powell as a DER

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A plaque that's mounted on the quarterdeck of the William T. Powell Training Facility in San Diego, Cal. The building serves as a schoolhouse for weapons ratings (primarily GM's and FC's).

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